Crimson in the Water

<p><b>'Ordinary people caught in a hotpot' (from a Chinese saying)</b></p><p>China in the1930s and early 40s... In the hotpot: tongue-scrapers black kite lovers simpletons brothel girls floggers Reds warlords peasant farmers Taoist priests Japanese airmen and 'Imperialist devils' (invaders from the land of the Rising Sun) ...<b>and Yuling</b>.</p><p>This is his epic story from an eleven-year-old who bonds with his nature-loving grandfather at a hut high above the world in big cat territory ... to near death dreaming... to young adulthood as a brilliant artist in forbidden love in a political and war-torn motherland.</p><p>Set in the lush sub-tropical south-east <b>Crimson in the Water</b> is inspired drama at its pulsating best with captivating prose and evocative dialogue.</p><p>Early readers:<br/><i>'Utterly gripping you do not quite know what is going to happen next you think this will happen and then it takes a different direction - brilliant!'</p><p>'This novel very soon said movie to me.'</p><p>'The story grabbed me it kept me hugely looking forward to the next moment I read it at home in the car on holiday and on the ferry.'</i></p>